23 Facts About Grant Hart

Grant Vernon Hart was an American musician, best known as the drummer for the punk rock band Husker Du.

Grant Hart was born in South St Paul, Minnesota, the youngest child of a credit union employee and a shop teacher.

Grant Hart inherited his brother's drum set and records; he soon began playing in a number of makeshift bands as a teenager.

Grant Hart met Bob Mould while working at a record store called Cheapo Records in St Paul, Minnesota.

At first Grant Hart dismissed Mould as "an upstater pretending to be a Manhattanite," but the two soon became friends.

Grant Hart formed Husker Du in 1979 with Bob Mould and his friend Greg Norton.

Success existed on a small scale for the band; by 1982 Grant Hart was unemployed and relied on support from friends and family.

In one interview, Grant Hart hinted that SST thought Husker Du were "soft" because they stayed in motels while touring and occasionally wrote happy songs.

Grant Hart became addicted to heroin following the band's tour behind their major label debut, Candy Apple Grey, in 1986; he was diagnosed as HIV-positive in the middle of that year.

Mould and Grant Hart were feuding openly with Grant Hart accusing Mould of ensuring he could not have more than 45 percent of the songs on each of the band's albums.

Grant Hart was trying to quit heroin by using a supply of methadone, but the bottle had leaked.

Grant Hart played the show, but Mould and Norton were concerned that Grant Hart would soon be suffering from withdrawal and thus would be unable to play the next few shows.

Grant Hart has said his drug use was not the reason for the band's demise; rather, it was the tensions between the band members.

Six months after Husker Du's breakup, Grant Hart discovered that his diagnosis as being HIV-positive was incorrect.

In late 1989, he formed a new band, Nova Mob, with Michael Crego on drums, Tom Merkl on bass, and Grant Hart himself taking guitar duties.

Grant Hart returned to recording as a solo artist with the release of the live album Ecce Homo in 1995, and later released Good News for Modern Man in late 1999.

Grant Hart recorded his next solo album, Hot Wax, in Montreal and Minneapolis.

In December 2012, Grant Hart embarked on a short tour of Ireland with a new lineup: Colm O' Herlihy on guitar, Dan Walsh on drums and Simon Dargan on bass.

Grant Hart confirmed this lineup for the following European and USA dates.

Grant Hart released the double album The Argument in the summer of 2013.

Grant Hart has been honored with two stars on the outside mural of the Minneapolis nightclub First Avenue, one for his solo work and one for Husker Du.

Grant Hart married Brigid McGough Grant Hart on July 5,2017, at Church of the Assumption in St Paul, Minnesota.

Grant Hart is survived by his wife, Brigid McGough Hart, and son, Karl Turbenson.